04 June 2011

Grand Duel (1974)

Cast
  • Lee Van Cleef
  • Peter O'Brien (Alberto Dentice)
  • Jess Hahn
Inventory
  • A town run by a band of smarmy brothers, including an effete smallpox scarred sadist
  • Revenge for murdered fathers
  • Bounty hunters
  • A dynamited stage coach
  • A belt-fed machine gun massacre of peasants
  • A hidden lode of silver
  • A brothel
  • A one-eyed bartender
Summary

A sufficiently twisty plot is interrupted by a few quick action sequences. Continuity is a bit weak, and there are a few loose threads left at the end. Okay, there are a couple of genuine hawsers that are left hanging.

Alberto Dentice plays Philip Wermeer, who is an escaped murdered. Lee Van Cleef is Marshall Clayton, who is hunting him (or is he?). Dentice must not have had much in the way of English skills, because this is his only credit on IMDB, despite his good looks and passable acting. Van Cleef plays his usual role as the man with the mysterious past. One other notable is the lovely Dominique Darel, who's short life included a role in Andy Warhol's Dracula.

Dialogue

"Dear, you could have everything. A beautiful life, a family. What does it take to make you say yes to me?"
"Easy. Just ten dollars, like everyone else."

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